Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-03
THEY HAVE THE DUST"
Women Who Count Their Wealth by
MiIlions-Dana Cousino, the
Wealthy Gillian, the
Money Queen.
How She VIII Set New Workers TN Exam
pie-Th7 List of Women who Have
Colossal Plies of Cash,
Eliza 7. Heaton.


as soon SIS tie season is fairly opened
this winter. If she does the city will
have sensation, and one OF the sort il
appreciates. The Gillian money queen
never does anything by halves. She pro-
poses TO take 9 house, furnish it as few
houses IL New York have ever been fur
nished, and it is in the air that she means
to show New Workers how unlimited
cash cen entertain. She can teach les
son or two IN that art if she desires. She
is & learned professor, ind Getcaes New
York every time.
The Seniors Cousino ig something more
than the richest woman in the world. She
has one of the biggest fortunes held by
either sex, possibly the largest on the
western continent. She is, unless
the last season or TWO has faded
her greatly, something OF q
beauty. She is 6 great deal Of sn
eccentric and noo little OF 3 genius.
She has astonished pretty nearly ali the
capitals OF Europe in their turn, and she
cannot rest on her lsurels without aston
ishing New York TOO.
The Dona I5sdors Is not much short Of
forty, but she looks younger she is
rather above medium heighy, and dresses
to look tall. Her figure is graceful, but
her big, dark eyes are
HER TAXING FEATURE.
Her Skin is Spanish brown with dash Of
red under il, and che las quantities of
dark hair. she is one ofthe best dressed
women IN the world in an imperial sort
Of way, and with d daring use of color.
l doubt if there is anywhere private
jewel collection to equal hers. She wears
more stones et 3 time than is usual
with people who haven't so many and
who live il North American attitudes.
No more clever business woman ex-
lists. She inherited cattle, married
mines, and now, q widow, has gone into
about every money producing enterprise
in which Chill, the most progressive OF
the southern republics, has engaged. She
is the biggest real estate owner in Santi-
ago ard Valparaiso. She hiss furnished
the capital for manufacturing enterprises.
She has started art p0tteries. she has
built 8 railroad and runs TWO lines of
iron steamships. South American for
tunes ere hard 10 estimate, but many
people have put hers above $500, 900, 0G0.
Money muitiplies fast IN her hands for
her eye is everywhere.
There was 6 young man, G. sen of one
of her cousins. l believe, whom she sent
TO s New England college some years
ago. South Americans, by the way, have
q fancy for New England schools. The
young man wss fairly clever, very
good looking, not at all studious,
had plenty Of money, anC was
GREAT FAVoRITE.
Shortly after the beginning Of term he
Left school abruptIy-senE abroad, SO the
tale went, by whim OF his rich rela-
tive. Some magnificent rubies that she
had many times coveted had been offered
for gale, and had gone Cd the market
without her knowledge. He was to hunt
out their buyer, trace the gems, and get
them for her at any price. The rubies
were some Of e lgenie's-it is odd how
the eX-Emp press gems, laces and poodle
dogs turn up everywhere snd they were
in New York before be reached the other
side. wOuld-ba swell dame had paid
good many thousands fer them, ana the
scion of the southern princess posted
back again, get sn introduction to the
house, fsttercd the good lady, told her
the prediCameut ne WAS il, offered her a
choice of all the Jewelers. stores in cree
ton st any figure, and, Ii short, got the
rubies, delivered them in person, and
saved MS prospects in life and Dora Isa-
dora's good grsces.
There are two slender, graceful daugh-
tiers, somewhere in their teens, who will
come out il New YorG, and high times
are ahead. Mother and girls speak the
purest English, as all educated Chilians
do. The sonora IS Il tropical creature
and, Il all tales of her sre true, subject TO
cyclones.
Thare Is rot another woman n America
who hag money IN her own name to CoTn-
pare win the Dons Isadors's though
RICH WOMEN ARE NOT FEW,
Hetty Green is credited with being the
most O. capitalist of heT sex in the
United States. Her wealth would foot
up frcm 2S5,O00,0OO TO S40,O0O,0OO,
euppcsa. Sic inherited Sl3.O00,O00
married 81 600 900 and ms made the rest
by sarewd flGznciering. Another clear
headed woman = Miss Elizabeth Garrett,
VINO must have S20,000,0Q0 or
rore and who knows how
TO take care CT Il. She WIS her father
private secrets~y for years and under
stands Baltimore ard OAIo stock SIS we'll
as anybody. Mss Garrett is nos SIS rich
as she would b3 If she were less charita-
lie. She never filings money away reck-
Iesslv, but eypend9 large sums with dis
CI-ilibaG-S1 SlitA tst@SN CSs@ES Et4 C>-ts~s'
tional and phl!snthTopic projects.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins is richer than Miss
Garrett, though her 1ei2b5ors, the village
folk, are less enthusiastic about her than
theY used to be before she put up nigh
fence or Chinese wall soout that 81,
600, 900 palace OF here at Great Barring
ton. Mrs. Hopkins is lot worth less thar
$50 ,0o0,o goo, or $50, 100000 probably, ant
she, TOO, is noted TOR her charity.
MIS-. Emily z. NOR, the heir Of thE
Morgan property, pays the largest per.
sonai assessment OF any woman in New
York, and Mrs. Sarah 81. Green comes
next her. Mrs. John Jscob Aston has
tidy sum of from s7,00U,o00 to 49,,
900, 030.
RICa NEW YORK WIDOWS,
estimated a. from S1.000,000 to $1,000,
coo, abound, and there sre some hun
dreds of unmarried women under thirt
who have from 500, 200 upwards in thei
own name. Mrs. W. E. Dodge has in
vested her money well, and it amounts t.
S5,000,oo0, perhaps. Commodore Van
derbilt's widow has something NOR
than double what her husband left her.
Mrs. Robert Goelet and Clsrkson Pot
ter's widow are not poor Miss Ma